Feel free to add any shows or openers I’ve missed in the comments. And don’t forget the Hype threads in the Friendship Farm. Also, head to the Columbus DIY Messageboard for info on lots of DIY shows coming up.
DECEMBER
Sat, 12/1:
AP & Howlin’ Moons EP release @ King Avenue 5, acoustic release @ RPM
Mary Halvorson Quintet @ Wexner Center, 8pm
roeVy, Rob de Large @ Newport
Queen Tribute @ Bluestone
Kyle Sowashes, Fox Japan, The Cabdrivers @ Tree Bar
Get Right @ Skully’s
Robert Ellis w/ Jesse Henry and The Kitts 7pm, Alwood Sisters, Tin Armor, City of Brass 10pm @ Rumba
Old Hundred, Andrew Graham and Swarming Branch, The Harlan Twins @ The Summit
Mike’s Wilson, Happy Dagger, Jonathan Burgess @ Cafe Bourbon Street
Sleep Fleet, The Weight Of Whales and Far Away Strays @ Kobo
The Garrison & Blatant Finger 6pm, Womder Twin Powers 9pm, Mr Gnome 11pm @ Woodlands
Heatwave @ Ace of Cups
Evan Oberla Project @ Brothers Drake
Halfway to Nelsonville w/ Nick Tolford & Company, The D-Rays, and The County Pharoahs @ Rollerbowl Lanes (Athens)
Sun, 12/2:
Lamb of God, In Flames, Sylosis @ LC
R. Kelly @ Vets Memorial
Kepi Ghoulie + the Easy Pieces @ Tree Bar
Mon, 12/3:
Benjamin Francis Leftwich, Happy Chichester @ Rumba
Tue, 12/4 aka Super Tuesday:
Smashing Pumpkins @ Newport
Other Lives w/ *Indians* @ Basement
Patrick Watson, Mike Wojniak @ Wexner
The King Khan & BBQ Show @ Ace of Cups
Emily and The Complexes, New Tooth, The Awful Nothings @ Kobo
8mm @ Double Happiness
Clash Of Titans 5 w/ Mannie Fresh @ Skully’s
Wed, 12/5:
High on Fire, Lo-Pan, Goatwhore @ Ace of Cups
Bronze Radio Return w/ The Wheeler Brothers 8pm @ Rumba
Thu, 12/6:
Arlo Guthrie @ Stuart’s (rescheduled)
Souljazz Orchestra, Zongo Junction @ Woodlands
Eric Stein’s The Grotesque Brooms, The Urns, Red Feathers @ Ace of Cups
Coal Fired Bicycle, Timid Blue and Shivering Timbers @ Kobo
Fri, 12/7:
The Randys Xmas Jam @ Ace of Cups
Dolfish, Saintseneca @ Kafe Kerouac
Playdate: Your Favorite 80s Songs Performed Live @ Skully’s
Dan Tedesco, Tommy Young, Ryan Parker @ Tree Bar
Total Navajo, Brujas Del Sol, Joshua P James @ The Paper Flames, Cliffs @ Rumba
Antique Scream, Headtaker, War Elephant, JFK Didn’t Even See It Coming @ Cafe Bourbon Street
Derek DiCenzo’s Caribbean Jazz Quartet @ Natalie’s Coal Fired Pizza
Bucktown Kickback @ Woodlands
Sat, 12/8:
Rock Potluck @ Skully’s
Reignwolf @ Basement
Eye, Relaxer, Barely Eagle @ Ace of Cups
Long Tall Deb CD release @ Woodlands
The Cheater Slicks’ Xmas Party @ Double Happiness
Carl Sally & Friends @ Natalie’s Coal Fired Pizza
4th Line Revolution, Borracho, Matter of Planets @ Cafe Bourbon Street
The Seedy Seeds, The Winter Sounds, In Silent Movies @ Kobo
Jen Miller, Alex Miller, Maza Blaska, Hennigan @ Rumba
Sun, 12/9:
CD102.5 Holiday Show w/ Silversun Pickups, Delta Spirit, Cloud Nothings, the Features @ LC
Nada Surf, Eternal Summers @ Basement
Bob Dylan vs. Neil Young DJ Battle @ Ace of Cups, 6pm
Mon, 12/10:
Woody Pines @ Rumba
Chappo, Monogold @ Skully’s
Tue, 12/11:
Mod Sun, It’s the Come Up @ Basement
Steve Poltz @ Rumba, 7pm
Wed, 12/12:
Sister Hazel @ Newport
Hostage Calm 8pm, Dairdre’s B-Day Party: Beautyofmyland, Kenny Lectro, Hubbard Stew 10pm @ Rumba
Thu, 12/13:
Jessica Lea Mayfield, David Mayfield @ Basement
Karma to Burn, Cadaver Dogs, Charlie Hustle @ Ace of Cups
Agit Reader Night @ Double Happiness
Yosemight, Subterranean House Band @ Woodlands
Family Force 5, Rapture Ruckus, Capital Kings, Everyday Sunday @ Newport
Flogging Molly @ LC
Erin Corrigan & Tim Yulish B-Day Blow Out! Miller Kelton, The Smoking Guns @ Kobo
Fri, 12/14:
Over the Rhine @ Lincoln Theatre
Josh Krajcik, Wet Darlings @ Newport
Buggin Out w/ Fabrashay A, Neswordz, Dinosaur Burps, DJ Pos2 @ Carabar
J.R. Fisher, Woosley Band, Spanky Hughes, Pink Owl @ Cafe Bourbon Street
Stations @ Kobo
Aaron Buckley Band, Don Duprie @ The Inside Outlaws, Phillip Fox Band @ Rumba, 8:30pm
Donna The Buffalo, The New Salty Caramels @ Woodlands
Sat, 12/15:
Figgy + Scrooge’s Xmas Spectacular @ Cafe Bourbon Street
Benefit show for Dida @ The Summit
The Caribbean @ Rumba
All Right Now, The Ramshacklers @ Natalie’s Coal Fired Pizza
Release The Bats! @ Ace of Cups
Sun, 12/16:
Andymanathon benefit w/Watershed, Two Cow Garage, Miranda Sound, The Girls!, Los Gravediggers @ Bluestone
we are the union, sober for sunny, old friends, later dudes and goodnight, you @ Kobo, 6pm
Matter Of Planets, Forest @ The Evergreens, Two States Away @ Woodlands
Tue, 12/18:
City Lights Acoustic Release Show w/ Front Porch Step & Farewell Summer @ Kobo
Wed, 12/19:
Dads, Have Mercy, Things Fall Apart, Magazines @ Kobo, 7pm
Kenny Lectro @ Rumba
Thu, 12/20:
Horace, The Vagrant Beat @ Cafe Bourbon Street
ECC’s XXX Holiday Bash 2 @ Kobo
The Spikedrivers @ Rumba, 6pm
Fri, 12/21:
Papadosio, Emancipator @ LC
Funkdefy: James Brown Tribute @ Circus
Dead Set Ready @ The Summit
The Depths, Carrier Doves, Kids & Commerce, Cliffs @ Kobo
Colin Gawel & The Lonely Bones 6pm, Gravy Xmas Show 10pm @ Rumba
The Skashank Redemption, The Dewdroppers, Zoo Trip, The Up All Nights @ Skully’s
Outer Spacist, The Ferals, Heatwave DJs @ Glass Axis
Fri, 12/21 – Sat 12/22:
***Anyway Records 20th Anniversary with The New Bomb Turks, Moviola, Kyle Sowashes, Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments, Connections, Obnox, Necropolis (covering Gaunt), Greenhorn, Belreve, Jenny Mae, St. Lenox, Orchestraville, Winter Makes Sailors, County Pharaohs, more @ Ace of Cups
Sat, 12/22:
Cadaver Dogs Release Day @ Kobo
Bluegrass Xmas Show w/Fox N Hounds, Blue Moon Soup, Hocking River String Band @ Rumba
Wed, 12/26:
The Lost Revival and Alert New London Tour kickoff show @ Kobo
Thu, 12/27:
Au Revoir, Prize the Doubt @ Cafe Bourbon Street
The Pinstripes @ Rumba
Fri, 12/28:
Scarface @ Skully’s
The Top Heavies, Pull Start 33’s @ Woodlands
Priests, Pink Reason, Tweens, Nervosas @ Cafe Bourbon Street
Wei Zhongle, Brujas Del Sol @ The Summit
The Ramshacklers @ Rumba
Musicality @ Double Happiness
Strangers in Daylight, Mainstreet Gospel, Psychic Wheels, Stations @ Ace of Cups
Sat, 12/29:
Beatles Marathon w/ Joe Peppercorn @ Kobo
Clutch @ Newport
The Out @ Cafe Bourbon Street
Dogrocket, D-Rays, Sega Genocide @ Ace of Cups
Sun, 12/30 – Mon, 12/31:
The Werks 2-night NYE show @ Newport
Mon, 12/31:
Los Gravediggers, Erica Blinn, Angela Perley @ King Avenue 5
Envelope & DJ Detox NYE Party @ Ace of Cups
Get Right NYE @ Charlie Bear
She Bears, Reverse The Curse, The Compressions, Bigshot @ Kobo
Spikedrivers NYE Show @ Rumba
Black Owls @ Brews Soundstage (Granville)